Human rights council also appoints special rapporteur to monitor impact of climate crisis on rights The UN’s main human rights body has overwhelmingly voted to recognise the right to a safe, clean, ...

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals summit failed to introduce the idea of a right to a clean environment. We must fix that For all its flaws, the United Nations remains the only ...

The more we learn about pollution and its impact on human health and nature, the more we must see stopping pollution as an ethical imperative for all. The great Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge won the ...

“They’re just a bunch of unemployed hippies,” a man beside me hissed as he wrestled past the Extinction Rebellion protests that had set up camp in Oxford Circus bringing central London to a standstill ...

Our natural environment is facing unprecedented threats. Phenomena such as climate change, deforestation, and pollution threaten the delicate balance of our planet’s ecosystems. More than ever the ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) acknowledged Friday that access to a “safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a basic human right for the first time. Despite criticism ...

Britain’s armed forces need to ensure that it continues with its "green" programme to safeguard the environment and also ensure that young people continue to see the military as a viable career, the ...

COP25 has brought with it even more pressure on governments and businesses to take climate change seriously. Consumers now demand that brands integrate sustainability or they risk extinction.

The UK government has ambitious plans to increase national energy production to reduce reliance on imports and move towards 100% clean energy by 2030. But for this to become reality, double the amount ...

Here’s your chance to help make your neighbourhood a place to be proud of. The Great British Spring Clean and Great Big School Clean return between 21 March and 6 April this year*, giving big-hearted ...

Montana's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's decision that had sided with 16 young activists who argued that the state violated their right to a clean environment. The lawsuit was brought by ...